Food brand product placement has been around for a long time. In the early 1900′s, during the infancy of cinema, even before “talkies” had been realized, savvy companies have been paying film makers for brief brand cameos on the big screen, in an attempt to make new customers out of a captive audience. These days, [...]

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As many of you know, the annual interactive, film and music convention, known as SXSW is currently going on in Austin, Texas. Just how big is this festival? Big enough that internet sensation Grumpy Cat was in attendance. Yes, the actual cat. Incredibly, people stood in a very long line to get a glimpse of [...]

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It’s far too easy to compile a list of  food named musical acts with the likes of “The Red Hot Chili Peppers”, “Bread”, “Meatloaf” or “Vanilla Ice” for that matter. No, there are plenty more obscure, often forgotten bands that we’ve lost to time, bad management and/or ever evolving tastes. Here, for your considerations are [...]

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Marble, water color, oil, clay, Froot Loops. Wait, what? Yes kids, art is now in both the eyes and stomach of the beholder, as obsessed fans have begun fashioning intricate, edible works featuring their favorite pop culture  crushes out of snack cakes, jelly beans, butter and much, much more. I’m getting to work on my [...]

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Since the early 1900′s when cafeterias first began serving trays of mystery meat to hungry scholars in the public school system, there’s always been someone behind the counter slinging hash and taking names. And since the inception of Sloppy Joe Tuesdays, displeased kids have taken it upon themselves to find a hair net sporting scapegoat [...]

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Weird Al Yankovic’s zany glee for food is evident by the sumptuous buffet of hit parodies he’s served up over the decades. Heck, the volume of ode to edibles churned out by our favorite accordionist even warranted a compilation of his “Eatest Hits” aptly named “The Food Album” released back in 1995. Author, Vegan, Director, [...]

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In case you haven’t had the pleasure of viewing the now very viral video of “Clueless” & “Batman & Robin” actress Alicia Silverstone, feeding her young son “Bear” premasticated food, well far be it from me to deprive you from this gem being added to that dark vault in the back of your mind containing  [...]

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  Let me get this out of the way right up front. It’s sad that Paula Deen has diabetes, and I’m not trying to mock the very real emotional and physical issues she is dealing with. Diabetes being as prevalent as it is, is one of the reasons I am passionate about cooking and eating better. The culture that [...]

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I am a bit of a fiend for cookbooks. I read them like novels and often walk away with a whole slew of new ideas. I tend to buy based on chefs that I like or styles of cooking that I want to know more about. One type of cookbook that has never really been [...]

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